Question

A fruit stand collected $1,800 by selling fruit. After paying the tax, the fruit stand had $1,683 left. What was the percentage of tax? __%

Answer 1

Let's find out how much tax was paid. Subtract the amounts: 1800 - 1683 = 117

So $117 was paid in tax. Divide this over the initial amount 1800 and we get 117/1800 = 0.065

To convert from decimal form to percent form, you multiply by 100. This is basically moving the decimal point 2 spots to the right. So we go from 0.065 to 6.5%

Therefore the answer is 6.5%